THOMAS IN THE NEWS

Non. Nyet. Nein. Nahi. Whatever way you say it, Education Minister Yvette Berry is saying no to a call for the Education Directorate to plug a hole in the delivery of senior secondary school...

Senior ACT public servants will be held responsible for Closing the Gap outcomes, following the passage of legislation this week. The bill passed ACT Legislative Assembly with unanimous support on Wednesday. This makes ACT the first...

Thomas Emerson says Andrew Barr's 2035 Canberra Stadium use-by date doesn't add up. The independent MLA has been constantly questioning the ACT Chief Minister and his government on the stadium, including at last month's...

The Australian Capital Territory has set an important national precedent, with the passage of independent MP Thomas Emerson's Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025. The Bill, debated in the ACT Parliament on...

The ACT has today become the first jurisdiction in Australia to legislate commitments for senior public servants to help end the inequalities faced by First Nations people. From July next year senior public servants...

The ACT has become the first state or territory to legislate its commitments under the national agreement on Closing the Gap. The independent for Kurrajong, Thomas Emerson, introduced the bill, which the ACT Legislative Assembly...

The ACT Government has released its 91A Wakefield Gardens Listening Report, outlining strong community support for turning the long-disused Ainslie community site back into a community space.

Despite 30 km/h and 40 km/h being identified as the most difficult speed limits to comply with, a University of NSW study has recommended the lower limit be implemented in high-risk areas across Canberra....

ACT community organisations say they cannot keep up with rising demand as ACT Government funding fails to match the real cost of delivering essential services in the cost-of-living crisis. The 2025 State of the...

Police in Canberra allegedly pulled their guns on a 17-year-old Indigenous boy who they mistook for a suspect in an aggravated burglary, prompting accusations of “institutional racism” and “racial profiling”. The boy’s family allege he was...

For seven years, on and off, Stephen Goodwin has had a basketball hoop set up at the end of his quiet, suburban cul-de-sac in O'Connor. Somewhere for kids of all ages to shoot a...

A scoping study of the CSIRO Ginninderra land shows the ACT Government was in an advanced state of preparedness for developing both stages of the 700 hectare site, not just the smaller section for...

Canberra public housing tenants with severe disabilities may have been denied home modifications due to Housing ACT inaction, several politicians claim.

Thomas Emerson MLA discussing revelations that the ACT Government hasn't spent a single cent of NDIS funding on Specialist Disability Accommodation. 

A review of thousands of incident reports filed about the ACT’s childcare centres over the years shows current checks and balances are working, the ACT Government says.

A burnt-out former health building behind Ainslie Shops could be reborn as a community hub, garden, and playground under a proposal submitted to the ACT Government.

Two years ago the ACT adopted a radical change to our drug policy by legalising the personal use of a wide range of illicit drugs. Has it worked?

This week's Four Corners investigation unveiled the horrific reality that there are more childcare workers convicted or accused of sexual assault than the public has previously understood — including in the ACT.

The National Capital Authority has replaced dozens of light bulbs around Lake Burley Griffin in the four months since women's safety advocates raised concerns about poor lighting along the popular five-kilometre lake circuit.

The closure of a key inner city car park has left businesses feeling under siege from a large-scale program of construction works that has made it harder to find accessible parking and further hurt...